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  • All night bright-maintenance increases operations

    With the sun barely dropping below the horizon maintenance Airmen with the 354th Aircraft Maintenance Unit work around the clock in almost 24 hours of sunlight pushing normal limits to turn jets for the next day’s RED FLAG-Alaska sorties.RF-A 16-2, the largest exercise of it’s kind in six years,

  • 'AIM' high: Loading the Aggressors

    Airmen with the 354th Maintenance Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base loaded Captive AIM-9 missiles to F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft June 14, 2016, during RED FLAG - Alaska 16-2. During the exercise, the 18th AGRS shares its knowledge with participating units and allies to ensure the best combat

  • 18th AMU secure jets for Red Flag-Alaska

    The 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base sharpened their combat skills June 15, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2, a Pacific Air Forces exercise that enables joint and international forces to train in a realistic threat environment.

  • Everyday hero: Airman’s quick thinking saves two from horrific crash

    A sunny afternoon turned tragic when out of nowhere a car sped off a busy road landing nose-down, its velocity flipping it upside down before finally scraping to a halt off the side of the road.Senior Airman Ja’Mesha Pratt, 18th Operations Support Squadron airfield systems technician, had just

  • That others may live

    The 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit recently completed a 300-hour inspection, one which is done for every 300 hours of flight, June 14.

  • Thunderbolt IIs launch into Alaskan skies during RF-A 16-2

    U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II twin-engine, ground-attack aircraft assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron (FS) out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., participate in RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 6, 2016. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces

  • Never too late to teach an ‘old dog’ new tricks

    “This jet is a stud,” said U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ian Bennett as he looked up at the number nine jet while the rest of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 F-18A Hornets lined down the ramp, each significantly less used. Bennett, a power line technician with the squadron based out of

  • Coping with stress through healthy thinking

    Stress. Even mention of the word can increase anxiety for some. Everyone deals with stress differently, but how you cope with daily stressors can have great impacts on your quality of life and overall health.

  • 210 Rescue Squadron gains hands-on training during RF-A 16-2

    Alaska Air National Guard Airmen assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron (RQS) Detachment 1, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, conduct training with an HH-60 Pave Hawk June 9, 2016, in the Joint Pacific Alaskan Range Complex. The HH-60 Pave Hawk is a modified version of the U.S. Army UH-60A Black Hawk,